1781 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1781 to Wales and its people.
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Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - George (later George IV)
- Princess of Wales - vacant
Events
- June - The Chancery court agrees the sale of the Kinmel estate to a London buyer.[1]
- Richard Price is made an honorary LL.D. by Yale University, in the company of George Washington.
Arts and literature
New books
- Thomas Pennant - Tours in Wales, volume 2[2]
Music
- John Parry (harpist) - British Harmony, being a Collection of Antient Welsh Airs[3]
Births
- 11 March (baptised) - Lucy Thomas, colliery owner ('The Mother of the Welsh Steam Coal Trade') (d. 1847)
- ?November - William Williams of Wern, Independent minister (d. 1840)[4]
Deaths
- 4 April - Henry Thrale, brewer
- 12 October - David Powell (Dewi Nantbrân), Franciscan friar and author[5]
- date unknown - Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet of Orielton, politician, 84
References
- "Kinmel Manuscripts". Archives Hub. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
- "Thomas Pennant (1726-1798)". National Museum Wales - Art Collections Online. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- Phyllis Kinney (15 April 2011). Welsh Traditional Music. University of Wales Press. pp. 253–. ISBN 978-0-7083-2358-8.
- Richard Griffith Owen. "WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1781-1840), 'of Wern', Independent minister". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- Robert Thomas Jenkins. "POWELL, DAVID (Dewi Nantbrân; d. 1781), Franciscan friar". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
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